Daily Features

A martyr is someone who dies because of a cause or belief.

Introduction Following up on last week’s column we have set out below a Table summarizing the Profit and Loss Statement of Mid-Atlantic for each of the years 2013 (part-year) to 2018 extracted from the company’s audited financial statements lodged with the Commercial Registry, a statutory obligation under the Companies Act.

I agree: Land for working-class Afros Hello friends, hello critics. My simple ageing mind wishes to simplify the advice implicit in my lead caption – non tribalist, observation, analysis, decision, hopefully a national objective decision regarding which political group you prefer in government beyond 2019.

Do you pay attention to the state of your mind? We all can tend to get so lost in the humdrum of everyday existence that we neglect and suppress our mental state and emotions.

With bits of wood and bare rubber bands, the young Hungarian Professor Ernő Rubik created a small prototype cube that went on to become the world’s most popular toy.

Maybe before, but certainly after my article last week, it must have become obvious to all who read it why the struggle for control of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is so heated.

By Alice Albright WASHINGTON, DC – Aichetou, a 14-year-old girl, lives on the outskirts of Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, in Africa’s Sahel region.

Last month Facebook announced that it will roll out in 2020 a global digital currency to be known as Libra.

India may be blocking the Big Four (KPMG, Deloitte, Ernst & Young and PwC) from rendering audit services to clients in that country because of several major scandals involving entities for which they are the external auditors.

By Lear Matthews Lear Matthews is professor, State University of New York, Empire State College.

Many Guyanese now refer to the period of July and August as summer.

-I’ve been telling you! Staying B.A.M.N The seven decades-long political behemoths to stalk this once-pristine Guyana land – as political parties – have begun, in earnest, their election strategies to retain or reclaim governmental dominion over us.

Introduction The Public and Government Affairs Advisor of ExxonMobil Ms. Janelle Persaud has disclosed to the press that its subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), has applied for its Petroleum Prospecting Licence for the Canje Block to be renewed.

Across the world, June is observed as the month to honour the lives and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons who actively stood up against discrimination and institutional violence in defence of their identity.

French writer, Albert Camus popularised the philosophy of the absurd in his works, including the essay, “The Myth of Sisyphus,” about the cunning Greek king, condemned to a cruel fate.

The human condition is such that in almost every walk of life, by various means – usually trickery and force – individuals will perennially seek and try to institutionalise advantage over each other, and the most that can be hoped for is mitigation of this phenomenon.

By Kenneth Rogoff CAMBRIDGE – Although much derided by climate-change deniers, not least US President Donald Trump, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal hits the nail on the head with its urgent call for the United States to lead by example on global warming.

Just over a week ago, Cuba’s President, Miguel Díaz-Canel, said that starting this month all state employed workers will receive the first of what will likely be several salary increases.

The Ministry of Finance recently issued a circular to the heads of all budget agencies to begin preparations for the 2020 Estimates of Revenues and Expenditures.

By Carolyn Cooper Carolyn Cooper, PhD, is a specialist on culture and development.